Yesterday, I logged out after returning to the Wayward to restock supplies. Today, I set off to find a new body for Polly.
Along the way, the Fasnacht day event started, so I decided to check it out. The other players there were all much higher level than me, so I was more of an observer than a participant.
I took a few potshots at some enemies, but mostly just watched the other players obliterate everything and then the quest ended and I got some rewards. Afterward, I returned to my quest to find Polly’s new body.
I made my way to a shop run by a robot convinced that I was a ghost. I threatened him into giving me access to the showroom and stuck the tracker on the pristine assaultron body for Polly.
I returned to the Wayward to report my success and Duchess finally agreed to tell me what she knew about Crane and his treasure. Duchess led me upstairs, where I found Crane, now turned into a Scorched.
Duchess couldn’t bring herself to kill him, even though she admits a cure is unlikely and leaving him alive is dangerous. Sol gives me the option to either take Crane out or let him do it.
I opt to shoot Crane in the face and recover a keycard and a map from his body. The keycard gets me into a locked room in Gauley mine.
I fast-travel to Gauley mine and find a terminal that allows me to register my Pip-Boy to grant me access to the auto-cache project. Once inside, I find a single token to use in an auto-cache machine of my choice.
I choose the rifle. The machine spits out a rifle with some moderately good perks.
I leave the mine and log out at my C.A.M.P. Tomorrow, I’ll return to the Wayward to report my success to Duchess.